The stunning pictures show astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. ‘Buzz’ Aldrin Jr. walking on the moon as they make “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.

Other amazing shots show the American flag planted in the surface of the moon, the Apollo 11 taking off attached to a Saturn V rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and President Richard Nixon waiting for the astronauts to return.

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the moon on 20th July 1969.

One of the first footprints on the moon is pictured, along with Armstrong’s foot hovering over the imprint.
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong are shown relaxing inside the space vessel on their way to the moon.

The crew are later pictured waiting to be picked up after landing in the North Pacific Ocean, where they splashed down about 812 nautical miles south of Hawaii.